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_greim_ on Jan 23, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: T-Shirts Unravelled

So is there no economic pressure to develop a fabric weave that's both efficient to manufacture and stable over time?

xaybey on Jan 23, 2016 [–]

The knit pattern (tees are not woven) only affects the ratio of stretch per direction. Shrinkage is much more a property of the fiber and fabric processing, like prewashing.

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